The goal of the project was to design a more effective way to harvest invasive catfish (predominantly blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus) in Virginia waters stunned by low-frequency electrofishing (LFE). LFE was conducted from May 18,…

The devlopment of fishery management plans (FMPs) began in 1987 with the signing of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement. Since then, 13 FRNPs encompassing 19 species have been completed and adopted through the Chesapeakebay Program (Table…

The Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Executive Committee has concluded that the potential risk posed by blue catfish and flathead catfish on native species warrants action to examine potential measures to reduce densities…